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Posted by:S.B. Anderson

July 18, 2014 at 2:47 PM

It is simply outrageous for Fefchack to try to sell the idea that the flood was caused mainly or entirely by some farmers draining low spots and watersheds.

The talks on water accords ARE NOT expected to be completed and signed UNTIL 2020. (re:not overnight) There was NO mention what so-ever that farmers are not human beings. It was about drainage policy and a need for a Water Commissioner. Refer Brandon Sun, 12 July, Deluge of Bills 200 M and counting. Kid Speed: About one third of the water that hit the Assiniboine is due to unauthorized drainage of marginal lands and wetlands by farmers in Saskatchewan hoping to increase their yield as grain prices have tripled in the last decade. The practice of removing natural retention catchments such as swamps and wetlands by farmers (now using GPS to do so) also takes place relatively unregulated in western and southern Manitoba. The resultant water surges cause trans boundary damage (billions in North Dakota in 2011), and require federal regulation and remediation funding. Rural residents have their agricultural brethren to look to when assessing blame. Cities like Winnipeg have every right to be defended against this neglectful land management.

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